Cricket

PERTH: England paceman James Anderson is eager for his team to make the most of their day-night tour match in Adelaide beginning on Wednesday. Anderson took four wickets in England’s opening tour game, a two-day clash against a Western Australia XI in Perth. The 35-year-old described that as an opportunity ...

MUMBAI: Indian skipper, Virat Kohli has called Shoaib Akhtar a terrifying bowler for batsmen to face. During an interview with Breakfast with Champions, Kohli said after Akhtar the next bowler he was terrified of facing was Pakistan’s 7-foot left-arm paceman Mohammad Irfan. Kohli also spoke about his relationship with Indian ...

SYDNEY: Legendary Australian paceman Glenn McGrath is fond of predicting Ashes whitewashes for his compatriots over England – but this time round he is not so sure. The 47-year-old, who brought the curtain down on his stellar Test career 10 years ago with a 5-0 cleansweep of England, told Saturday’s Daily ...

ICC: After a dominant performance in the first T20I, India will back itself to maintain its hold over the visiting side. India had lost five of its six Twenty20 Internationals, with one washed out, against New Zealand until the first game of the ongoing series in New Delhi on Wednesday. ...

NEW DELHI: Indian cricket board’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit has rejected S Sreesanth’s allegations that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has separate rules for him and he is being singled out in the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing case. “I don’t think there is any discrimination. ...

DELHI: The Blackcaps have been outclassed by India in their opening Twenty20 clash, falling short by 53 runs in Delhi. They never threatened the huge total of 202 for three posted by their hosts, and lost regular wickets as the run-rate spiralled out of control. Mitchell Santner blasted a couple ...

Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed has dismissed Sri Lankan Test captain Dinesh Chandimal’s claim that the Lankans won the Test series because of “witchcraft” and receiving blessings from a sorcerer, the Hindustan Times reported. “We lost the two Tests because of our poor batting and that is all,” Sarfraz said. “If ...

DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday gave a clean chit to India skipper Virat Kohli who was seen using a walkie talkie during the first T20 International against New Zealand in New Delhi. Kohli was sitting at the dug-out and TV footage showed him talking on the walkie ...

LONDON: England’s cricketer and former captain Alastair Cook has unveiled his all-time great World XI cricket team featuring some of the greatest and iconic players. All the cricketers chosen are those who have played with or against Cook with one exception. Therefore, Cook has picked former England legend Graham Gooch ...